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"I think we’re alreadytremendous advances in your therapy, Pickle"

The dazed look on her face lasts only a few seconds before she pushes ant"

I laugh and don’t deny it

She slances at me out of the corner of her eye every few seconds for the rest of the drive Each look is like a shot of adrenaline and by the time she says, "We’re here," it’s all I can do not to pin her to the seat again

She slows to a stop behind a truck parked on the side of the road The street is lined with cars for several hundred yards ahead of us, and a group of people is gathered in a yard a couple of houses down

"We’re doing so kid because I’d thought I would have her todown those walls of hers

"Co a little late, and we still have to check in"

I sigh and push open the door As we get closer, I see tools and paint and hardware, and the picture begins to coh she tenses, she doesn’t pushme to work"

"You want to be a better leader for your tea to put others before yourself Besidessoood for you"

"I can think of another way you could have put me to work that’s much more enjoyable"

She does pushabout you and yourYou know This kind of work is positive We’re helping people"

"My way is just another kind of helping And I promise it would be a very positive experience for all involved"

"Just when I think I’ve got a handle on your ego, it gets even bigger"

I grin "I thought eren’t talking aboutme an inch "Oh my God You’re terrible"

"Dylan?" She stops, and the smile drops frouy who’s stepped out of the group to stand before us on the sidewalk Her easy de herself up again, reining in her sh, her posture I even watch her pull her hands through her hair, as if she’s trying to ta more presentable

"Uh, Henry Hi"

Henry The nauy His hair is all gelled, and I’irl in the crowd He looks like he’s dressed for a tennisthis pretentious s here?" he asks

Dylan is calm as she answers, but I can see tension in her face that wasn’t there a few o "I called Kiht you were too busy and decided not to do it"

He sinks his hands into the pockets of his shorts and jangles what I’ are keys inside "My schedule freed up unexpectedly"

It hits me then who this is The ex And dauy she dated

The kind of guys that are like a fking net for my fists

"Who’s this?"